Venture beyond Guatemala’s famed Maya ruins at Tikal and you’ll find family-run museums and communities preserving age-old ...

Perched on the western bank of the Usumacinta River, Yaxchilán ("the place of green stones") lay along the trade route between the two great Maya sites of Palenque and Tikal. But today it stands ...

In the heart of the jungle, surrounded by lush vegetation, lies one of the major sites of Mayan civilization, inhabited from the 6th century B.C. to the 10th century A.D. The ceremonial centre ...

a Guatemalan archaeologist who co-manages the Saknikte site. “I personally see it as a breakthrough in Maya history.” All the while the Snakes kept their eye on their old enemy, Tikal ...

The Nomination files produced by the States Parties are published by the World Heritage Centre at its website and/or in working documents in order to ensure transparency, access to information and to ...

Spanning more than 47 square miles, Tikal is a UNESCO World Heritage Site and used to be one of the most powerful capital cities in the Mayan world. The Maya believed humans originated from clay.

However, the journey is worth it, as there are plenty of other attractions to see around the ancient site, such as the surrounding Maya Biosphere Reserve and Tikal National Park, one of the few ...

At Tikal National Park in Guatemala, the Institute of Anthropology and History, part of the culture ministry, is working to protect one of the world's most important ancient Mayan sites and part of ...